Retroist V Podcast

Welcome to the Retroist V Podcast. On this week’s show I start off by talking about how my Grandmother instilled in me a love for TV mini-series, then I move onto the subject of the podcast, “V”. I talk about how the series was conceived, its massive success and its many many influences. List fans rejoice, metagirl is back with the top 5 list this week.

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5 thoughts on “Retroist V Podcast”

Great point about grandmothers. I too, watched late-night TV (for a kid) with grandma, including the Sunday Night Movie / Movie of the Week / in the 70s-80s. We didn’t watch V together, but after hearing this podcast, I realize how unique (and now un-re-peatable) the mini-series style of TV was to the U.S. viewer back then.

Sometimes, I wish for the days when there were less TV options (not more) because back then, we were all in the same bucket, and could share the same collective memories.

I got this podcast off iTunes and never saw Tupa’s art for it. Excellent. Not only is the picture good, but it reminds me of a question I had about the show: Why do the aliens wear their human suits on the mother ship? Once, Diana was in her human suit in bed. She sleeps in it?

Okay now you are hitting a vein. “V” was my absolute favorite sci fi series in the 80s.
This show was a very special. I remembered being so pumped after seeing the 2 original mini series. The final battle was always my favorite of the two. It was the “Empire Strikes Back” of the three 80s offerings of “V”.

I watched the TV show faithfully and enjoyed it very much. I was disappointed that budget constraints destroyed the final 6 episodes of what was a fun series. The re- use of visitor shuttle shots was becoming increasingly obvious with a slashed production budget.